On Friday, September 16, Chicago singer, songwriter, and cartoonist Annie Fish will drop Weird Like Me, an album so steeped in classic alt-rock you’ll half believe Fish recorded it with Flood in 1993. Weird Like Me is a concept record about Fish’s childhood rock dreams, which she says she abandoned after seeing how the “powers […]
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Third Coast Percussion’s family tree on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was designed by Sonnenzimmer (aka Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi).
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Nick Butcher of Sonnenzimmer drops a time-traveling solo album
Nick Butcher of Sonnenzimmer drops a time-traveling solo album, Pugs Atomz collects a decade of his music on a star-studded compilation, and more.
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Sonnenzimmer cofounder Nick Butcher on one of the TR-808’s earliest star turns
Current musical obsessions of artists Nick Butcher and Alex Valentine and Reader music critic Peter Margasak
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Recapping Pitchfork’s second day: Weather forecasts suck, and Sleater-Kinney rules
An unexpected storm briefly shut down the festival, but a triumphant Sleater-Kinney set waited at the end of the rainbow.
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Sonnenzimmer studio turns off the dark
Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi are artists who actually want you to understand their work.
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Nick Butcher completes Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1
Nick Butcher celebrates the release of Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1 with a Friday-night reception and visual-art exhibition at Saki Records.
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The meditative free jazz of Tomas Fujiwara
New York drummer Tomas Fujiwara, whose quintet the Hook Up releases an album tomorrow, plays at the Whistler with Tomeka Reid and Nick Butcher.
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Tonight: Nick Butcher’s Free Jazz Bitmaps
Graphic artist and experimental musician Nick Butcher presents the final installment of his Free Jazz Bitmaps series tonight at the Whistler.
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A nearly edible spoon and other stuff you should buy from your neighbors
Moms, avert your eyes. The Cereal Killer is even less healthy than cereal with chocolate milk—it’s a cereal-covered bon bon molded on a plastic spoon for your convenience, by Brass Knuckle Bon Bons. Your call. $3 for 5, etsy.com/people/brassknucklebonbons.
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Three Beats: Local MC Vic Spencer goes in on Odd Future; Jeanine O’Toole leaves the Hideout; My Silence borrows Sharon Van Etten
HIP-HOP | Vic Spencer goes in on Odd Future Advance copies of Tyler, the Creator’s Goblin were hard to come by, and his label, XL Recordings, managed to keep it from leaking until just days before its release date—but it seems like every music critic alive wrote about Tyler and Odd Future before the album […]
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Who Is Bibi Merhdad?
An alter ego for A—-, an art contest for hesher doodlers, a box of Sonnenzimmers, and more
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Nick Butcher’s Homemade Sounds
Chicago graphic artist Nick Butcher, who plays the Bottle on Wednesday, brings a homemade feel to both his poster work and his music.
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Diana Sudyka on Curious Cardigans
Local illustrator Diana Sudyka on Curious Cardigans, a video project of the Show and Tell Show.